Chapter 72 - UNDERWORLD (2)

Anne looked at Knox, whose face was completely pale, his skin almost looked transparent, as his body was very cold and the only sign that he was still alive was his shallow breathing.

While Gael was in a different room, sleeping throughout the night and day. The Doctor had looked at him and ran a check on him, but Anne didn't let anyone see Knox.

Knox was not Gael, he was a non-human being. Even if she let the doctor see him, he wouldn't understand what was happening to this man, it would only complicate this already uncertain situation.

The massive earthquake during the wedding of Gael and Lise happened two days ago and fortunately, this manor was able to stand such destruction.

It was whether the building was really strong, or it was Chaos himself, who had protected it, because all the buildings around this manor had been flattened to the ground. Anne couldn't find an answer to that, since that man was not here and between Knox and Gael, none of them could be asked for the meantime.

The two men appeared all of a sudden when she just arrived at the manor, guarded tightly by all those bodyguards.

At first they were afraid to enter the building during the earthquake, but when they witnessed how strong it was, they decided it was safe enough for them to stay.

"Knox, tell me… what happened?" the old lady took Knox's hand and grabbed it tightly. She looked at his and couldn't help but compare it with hers.

His hand was very smooth and young, while hers was so old. It was upsetting and sad when she remembered there was a time when her hand was only half the size of his, while she innocently called him uncle.

Time flew very fast and Anne knew, as a human, she didn't have many years left. On the other hand, they would be alive for eternity.

"Where is Chaos? Can you wake up and tell me where he is?" she asked in a hoarse voice, as she bit her lips and wiped the tears from her wrinkled eyes. Her hands were trembling.

She had been with them long enough, or she could say she had been with them for her entire life, so Anne knew that something bad had happened to Chaos, to make Knox like this.

They were different people with the same soul, therefore, if something happened to one of them, they would know it for sure.

Anne had asked about this before, what he felt when he had to kill the bearer of a piece of his shattered soul and Chaos had said it was like shedding your skin only to be replaced by a new one.

Even now, Anne was not sure whether that was a good thing or not.

"Can you let the other bearers live like you had done to Knox?" she had asked when she was only a young innocent woman, who had fallen for someone that she must not.

"I can, if they are as strong as him."

Therefore, Anne assumed Knox was the strongest that Chaos could find, so he wouldn't die just like that, and as long as he was alive, so would Chaos.

"Please, stay alive…"

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Lise had not yet gotten a chance to go to the hospital to get her pregnancy checked and even though she didn't say it out loud, she knew that Sol was already able to guess it.

It was a tacit understanding between them.

"How is it?" Lise asked after Sol finally managed to contact his family in Fokosa city. For the meantime, they were in Lucinda city, which was half a day away from Fokosa city.

"Some of my men died, but my family is alive," Sol informed Lise and she looked relieved as well to hear that news.

They had stayed in this motel since they landed the helicopter on someone's farm, leaving that piece of steel there. They wouldn't be able to hide it or couldn't bring it around, thus they abandoned it.

Moreover, it didn't seem like they would need it again.

"I am glad to hear that," Lise murmured. She rested her head against his shoulder and waited for Sol to talk, but the man kept silent, thus she said nothing, preserving the silence between them.

It was such a comfortable silence between them.

In front of them, the television broadcasted the news about the earthquake that happened and the number of casualties, which increased by each passing day.

Some important people in this country died and most of them were guests at Gael McKeltar's wedding party.

They had reported all the names of the guests that had been found, but those whose bodies had not been discovered or identified were still so many.

Even the bride and the groom were still missing. Lise was not sure whether she wanted to hear Gael's name on the list or not.

And after a moment, Sol broke the silence. "Let's go to the hospital tomorrow morning, so we can leave this city after that."

"Okay," Lise agreed easily.

However there was nothing easy about this situation. Sol had been procrastinating on their trip to the hospital, because he didn't want to know the truth yet, but for Lise, she simply didn't know what to do with the baby once they got to the hospital.

She would be more relieved if she lost the baby during that distressful event, despite having the thought alone was horrible…

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Chaos gritted his teeth. He had fought those monsters for so long since the shield cracked open as they attacked him relentlessly.

Yet, their number was simply ridiculous and he had wasted enough time to fight them. He needed to find her.

'We can let you know where to find her, but what will you give us in return?' one of the monsters asked.

This fight could last forever, but to strike a deal with a monster from the underworld wouldn't make the situation any better.

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